Category Leaves

by Jean's Speech

Price: 200 points or $2 USD

Subjects: speech,specialed

Grades: 2,3,4,5,6

Description: Category Identification Activity for Speech Therapy and Special Education – Category Leaves Boost your students’ categorization skills with this fun and interactive resource—Category Leaves—perfect for elementary speech therapy, special education, and students with intellectual disabilities. This hands-on activity supports essential cognitive and language development by helping students practice identifying category members through visual sorting tasks. Each activity page features a: "Category Tree" with a central category label Seven leaves displaying various items—five correct and two distractors Task: Students must analyze and select the five correct items to place on the tree, encouraging reasoning, vocabulary development, and critical thinking This engaging activity is ideal for targeting: Categorization and classification Descriptive language skills Sorting and problem-solving abilities Designed for use in virtual, online, and in-person settings, Category Leaves is versatile and easy to implement in 1:1 speech therapy, small groups, or classroom centers. It’s an excellent tool for SLPs, special educators, and elementary teachers seeking developmentally appropriate language activities. Great for: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working on vocabulary and description goals Special education teachers supporting cognitive and communication development Elementary educators reinforcing foundational language and thinking skills